South Africa’s first National Biodiversity Offset Guideline has been published for implementation.
“Biodiversity offsetting, which forms part of the mitigation hierarchy envisioned in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) principles, is a relatively novel practice in South Africa.
“It has not always been implemented in an evidence-based and consistent manner, therefore the guideline serves to provide a degree of consistency and standardisation in the implementation thereof,” the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) said on Monday. [read more: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/first-national-biodiversity-offset-guideline-published]